Who We Are

Clyde E. Rankin III, Chairman
Partner, Baker and McKenzie, NY.

Joseph W. Bartlett
of Counsel, Fish & Richardson, PC, NY

Lawrence H. Bober
Retired Senior Vice President, Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co., Inc., NY

David Buttross
Owner & Operator, Buttross Properties, TX

William P. Carey
Chairman, W. P. Carey & Co. LLC, NY

Peter G. Gerry
Managing Partner, Sycamore Partners, NJ

Melvin J. Gordon
Chairman, Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc., IL

Leon E. Haynes, III
Executive Director, Hosanna House, Inc., PA

Marshell K. Larson
President/CEO, M.R. and Evelyn Hudson Foundation, Keller, TX

John Klingenstein, Vice Chairman
President, Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund, Inc., NY

Edward V. LaPuma

Thomas O. Maggs
President, Maggs & Zack, The Business Insurance Brokers, Inc., NY

Robert W. Parsons, Jr.
Vice Chairman, The Hyde and Watson Foundation, NJ

Jane W. Schautz
Retired Director, The Rensselaerville Institute STEP program, NY

Ross O. Swimmer
President, The Cherokee Group, LLC, OK

William I. Witkin
Retired, General Cocoa Company, NY

Honorary Chair:

Oscar S. Straus
President, The Daniel & Florence Guggenheim Foundation, NY

Honorary Trustees:

Jerome Goldstein
Martin J. Schwab
Diane H. Schafer
Jerome J. Shestack, Esq.
James A. Nicholson